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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 2434173, member: 66&quot;]This is incorrect unless you are discussing a coin deliberately made with a segmented collar such as the Saint-Gaudens Eagle and double eagle or the proof President and NA dollars.&nbsp; (On these coins you will se a vertical bar on the edge between the segments of the collar)&nbsp; Your regular reeded or plain edge collars are a single piece.&nbsp; They are mounted on springs and can move up and down somewhat.&nbsp; It is also possible for them to get jammed in either the down position (broadstrike), partially down (partial collar), or&nbsp; jammed down on one side (tilted partial collar)</p><p><br /></p><p>Segmented collar for the proof dollar</p><p><img src="http://www.coinnews.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/045-Coin-Die-Installed-into-Collar.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Closeup of a multisegmented collar from the Soho mint</p><p><img src="http://[URL]http://sohomint.info/wpimages/wpaa366ed5.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://sohomint.info/wpimages/wpaa366ed5.png" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reeded edge collar</p><p><img src="http://www.moonlightmint.com/artifacts_files/image029.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>One cent collar from a dual die press.</p><p><img src="https://sullivannumismatics.com/sites/default/files/pt_coins/images/dsc_0392_1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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